Tobacco finisher or ripener



Dec. 26, 1922..

A. PEACH.

TOBACCO FINISHER 0R RIPENER.

FILED NOV.17,1920

n rl@ Cltboinu NDY FRAGE, @E NEAR DANVLLE,

'11023131060 FIN' Application led November l?, 292%.

T0 all whom t may; conce/fn:

Be it known that l, ANDY Planer-r, residing near Danville, in the county of loyle and State of Kentucky, have invented ertain new and useful improvements in Tobacco Finishers or Ripeners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a machine for the treatment of plants, particularly tobacco plants, and one of the objects thereof is to provide means whereby the barlr or outer covering of the growing tobacco stall; may be easily and expeditiously removed.

Another object of my invention resides in the provision of means of this character which may he adjusted in accordance with the varying width of tobacco rows A still further object of the invention consists in so constructing such a machine that it may simultaneously treat the plants on both sides of tobacco row as it passes therethrough.

@ther and further objects will. appear :is the description proceeds.

ln tobacco growing' and curing it is of the greatest importance to produce tobacco which when cured is a bright color, as it is this high grade smoking tobacco, particu.- larly cigarette tobacco, which brings high prices on the market; the production of chewing grades and common grades of tobacco resulting in a great loss to the grower.

lt is known that by removing the bark of a tobacco plant the growth of suckers is prevented and the' plant begins to turn yellow causing it to cure a bright color.' To treat each plant singly requires so much time and labor that its cost is prohibitive, and it is thereforethe purpose of my invention to provide a machine which will treat plants in the above described manner, and which will also enable it to be done quickly and at low cost.

l will now lescribe in detail the machine by which the above objects are accomplished, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

The figure is a perspective view of the complete apparatus.

Before proceeding with the detailed description l wish it to be clearly understood that it is not my intention to be limite to the particular construction shown, as cb- -IER OR erial No. 424,728.

viously this may be changed in many ways and the machine shown should be considered as illustrative rather than in a limiting sense.

i the main or rigid pf "t oAti the licated bf; numeral l the guide wheel 2. Numeral 3 refer tongue by which the machine is dream, either by hand or other power. l

Pivot-ally attac-hed to the main frame at d, il, are side frames 5, 5, by which construeg tion the machine is adapted to use with tobacco rows of varying width.

'tached to the side frames are the rear wheels 6, 6, which are supported in any di sired manner, it being pref- 'able however. to have the wheels inside of the l shown, so that they will be clear or the tobacco stalks.

ln order to adjust the side to the angle desired and to hold them in this dcsired position l provide pivotally mounted r ds 7, 7, which may connected by a turnbuclrle 8.

fidjustably attached to the sidel frames are extension arms 9, 9. rllhese arms are provided with a series of holes l0, and are held in adjusted position by bolts ll, ll. Attached to the outer wall of these arms are rasps or :files l2, l2, which are adapted to attack the tobacco stalks and remove the bark therefrom, p

The operation of the apparatus is follows:

rlhe machine is drawn between the tobacco rows by hand or other power, the rasps or tiles being previously set at the required distance apart to bring them into contact with one side of t ie plants on both sides of the machine. rllhe barlr is thus removedfrom one side of each plant, and as the machine passes down the other side of a row the treatment is completed., and so on for each row. The manner in which the adjustments made will be obvious from the previous description. lt is only necessary to rotate the turnbuclrle 8 thereby increasing or` decreasing the distance between the extension arms as desired. lf needed, a further adjustment is accomplished by means of the sliding connection between the extension arms and the side frames.

The particular means by which the vazeiiei part ei this inventi riens edjusiments are eected 4eiun ne inw Il RS nwliy quV* aient ineens may be. subetitnieci. wii also be apparent he; "ue espe may be .made integral with the ef nsicn Mins ii deeiieci, instead ei being attachee thereto es iiluse whicn, zii-e iieeed in the i annex' Step growing seeke 'hun yeiicm7 and when wey *i A fcbeceo hes the might yeiiow coins' m? i rade aebacca ',fnie eis@ ifenzev danger el? seeoin L myth ein@ h `f eine.

Having 'uy described my n'wenf .un w @it cieiin f new :zeef de ire in sseewe by f Pazienti. is: i. n e})';afutns mi" che chsnecei" described inei v AJ 'iinine :Adapted te be drawn between n. tebecce 'ewet, land Ineens carried thereby 3fm stripping imih; brein ghe piante n boch Sides ei he epnei'etus.

2. 'tobacco inishei' er. rigenei inclu u a freine edzigted te be fli'ewn begween tobucce Huys;7 e i'eeiwaifdiy excenfiingg erin een.'- iied by Seid ienne, and i'zisn 0;;k iie en the oiuei' weil 0i seid avm.

3. A, cobacco iinishei m" i'penei' including a frame adapted to be dfawn between we tobacco row@ and e. piumiiy ei rae-ps ei fiies cm'i'iefi Lher-eby foi* yemen/ing 'fthe bei-rk 'Ei-0in mime-ce pleins on beth sides of the eppei'atus.

4. A. tobacco finisher oi' xpenei' including` :i freine edeped te be diewu between t0- bucce iowe7 and e.r piumliby ei vespe or iies adjnetebiy attached to sind lfiznne im engagobeece niente simultaneously on beth sides @if the fra-me.

A tebziece fnishei er iipenei' including if. Teenie muni ,d en reliefs and adapted te he (hewn betwJen tobacco rows, un erin caiiied by the iii-aine., eV izisp carried by Said infin7 end means for siidabiy :ijusbing the (5. tobacco finisher ei iipenei' including e, mein frame adapted te be drawn between obacco I'Owe, side frames piveally attached te the mein 'fi-anne, engi ruspeL er files carried by the sifie freine@ 7. A. tebacco finisheiy oi iipenei including; z; inein edzipted *ce be drawn between tobacco rows, eide iframes piyoteiy eiisacheci te' the main 'fi-eme, ineens for enguieiiy, :Mljueting the position ei the side 'ffiemes, and i'eepe 0il files carried by the Side ialnes.

8. i tobacco iiniS-hei: er i'ipenei including; :i nenn i'inme adapted te be diawn between innesco i'owe, eide iiaines pivoseiiy attached te the 11min i'mnej iea-iwe-nily extending urine connected with the sideliievmes, and ,keeps el' nies czn'riezi by he i'eaiwm'diy .eX- zending Mins.

S). fi tebaece iiilishei` or iipenei' yincluding n nie-in fifzwxew eide 'frames pivotziily attached to the mein iiaine, :i unbuckie operatively connected with the side frames and. providing Ineens 'for f enguieily adjusting same, reewu'dly extending' arms ceied by the side 'i'en'xes, means im* lengiudinaliy, ed-

jns'ine the zii-ine with respect fte the side iframes und mens or, iies carried on the 9 @nier wells of Said arms.

ANDY PEACH. 

